RIGHT SIDED DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA IN AN ADULT WITH NO HISTORY OF TRAUMA: UNUSUAL CT FINDINGS
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Aydın Kurt 1 * , Kemal Rıdvan Yazıcıoğlu 1, Ali İpek 1, Özgür Tosun 1, Mehmet Coşkun 2
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1 Ministry of Health Ankara Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey2 Başkent University Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Diaphragmatic hernia in the absence of trauma is very rare in adults. The literature describes less than a dozen such cases of right-sided diaphragmatic hernia. Here we present an unusual case of this kind in an adult patient. The hernial contents were the stomach, spleen, pancreas and large bowel, all structures that, to date, have only been documented in left-sided diaphragmatic hernias. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of a case of this nature.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 1, Issue 3, July 2004, 55-57

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82213

Publication date: 15 Jul 2004

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